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The industrial revolution was a very significant event or rather series of events in history. A lot of changes happened ever-since. I discuss some of these in light of answering the below three questions: 4) How did the Industrial Revolution transform British society? It was an economic miracle when you compare humanity during and post the Industrial Revolution with earlier eras. I will try to highlight some of these transformations as follows: The British textile industry was 52 million pounds of cotton in 1800, in 1850 it was 588 million pounds. The textile industry increased a lot. There was a big transition and transformation from agriculture to manufacturing. Scientific innovations and technologies improvements contributed to the advancement of agriculture. Large amount of people moved from rural villages to the new factories searching for opportunities. Roads improved significantly. Before the revolution, roads were poorly maintained. After that, not only did roads bec...

- The feminist movement aimed at ending the idea of women being subordinate to men. It started a century after the French Revolution. Then, in the 20th century, it became even stronger focusing on multiple different aspects (the rights of women to dress, work, vote, ..etc). It started with the Enlightenment of European thinkers. Women participated in the French Revolution that paved the way to a new society. Women later started having some freedom in work and education in industralized societies. The first organized form of the movement happened in mid 1800s in New York, as a women’s right convention (where they edited the Declaration of Independence of the United States to include women). The movement kept getting momentum, until in the 1900s, women got much more rights to education, work, and many more rights. - The abolition movement (1780-1890) aimed at ending slavery. It was inspired by the ideas of liberty and equality held by Enlightenment thinkers in the 18th century Europe, ...

What is the Atlantic Revolution? - The Atlantic revolutions were upheavals that occurred on both sides of the Atlantic in late 1700s and early 1800s. The 4 main revolutions that are considered the Atlantic revolutions are the ones in North America, France, Haiti, and South/Latin America.   The French Revolution: It started when France was in debt and the king called a meeting with representatives of three classes of the society at the time, the first two of which represented only 2% of the population, while the third one (Estate) represented the common people. The king wanted to raise taxes to help with the country’s debt at the time. This was opposed not only by the commons but even by the nobles. The third estate, inspired by Enlightenment ideas and suffering from unemployment and high rise of prices, established what was called the National Assembly, which came up with the Declaration of Right of Man and Citizen, in which they asked for equality and freedom, declared thems...

I am an Egyptian, born and raised in Egypt. I have always been fascinated by how we discovered the amazing mysteries of the ancient Egyptian civilization. One of the most important discoveries that led to this was the decipherment of the ancient Egyptian script through the Rosetta stone. Speaking with my mom, who is also a big fan of this, and researching the topic, I found that the discovery of the Rosetta stone happened during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801). It turned out that this campaign had multiple other interesting stories and events besides the already-very-interesting Rosetta stone one. I would love to research and learn more about this campaign, especially that it fits perfectly within the period of history we study in this class and is related to an important historical figure in this period, Napoleon Bonaparte.

I will talk about scientific revolution: The scientific Revolution was very significant. It changed the way of thinking of the universe. Those scientists, like Copernicus, Galilio, and Newton, freed themselves from relying on the authority of the Bible alone and used rational inquiry and evidence. They discovered and invented things that were not thought of before their time, challenged the Church, and resulted in new ideas and ways of thinking. It was considered a cultural revolution. They discovered a lot of things: 1: The Heliocentric model the sun was the center of the universe by Nicolaus Copernicus. 2: Telescope played a important role in the Scientific Revolution. it was tools like the telescope that allowed the world at the time to see deeper into the unknown. As today we are still exploring space and more. 3:Galileo- proclaimed the compatibility between Science and Faith The impact: 1. Knowing the reality of physical universe. 2. Scientific methods led to Enlightenme...

Last Tuesday, I joined my  classmates in Theology of Liberation course. We went to the dinning hall and we did multiple things: First we wrote cheerful lovely quotes to put it inside every single bag second we helped each other to prepare meals for other people Third we put everything inside bags to help others it was a very good experience to share with my friends these moments

It's foundress week, With the spirit of sisters of Notre Dame, they offered a week full of missions and values. students can do religious things, they learn how to work in groups, how to help others. Stuff also can do the same thing with students. University offers opportunities for all students. As I went today to help my classmates, we prepared meals for poor people and wrote them messages. Julie Billiart and Francoise were the two Foundresses. The article talked about them, and their early life and education. I also like their spirt and friendship. Their friendship was the foundation of Notre Dame Francoise was from the age six, she made her first Holy communion. she attended school and she completed her education with Ursulines Amiens. She was the brilliant society of her time. she became more religiously oriented. Her family was rich, she grew up with her grandmother. She had a deep relationship with God. Françoise, whose family belonged to the French aristocracy or nobili...